Sen. Amy Klobuchar carried the legislation in the Senate with Sen. Tina Smith and Reps. Brad Finstad and Angie Craig introduced a companion bill in the U.S. House,

After learning that the bald eagle is not officially the national bird, an "eaglevangelist" is working with Congress to remedy that omission.

The House passed a bill late Monday that officially makes the bald eagle the national bird. The bill now goes to President Biden for his signature. While most people thought the bald eagle already carried that distinction,

The United States is set to finally designate the bald eagle as its national bird after centuries of appearing on the country’s seal and those of nearly every federal agency. Despite popular belief that the bald eagle has already received this honor and some government departments touting its status as the national bird in official